Bush-isms anyone?
A friend sent these to me, but the "complete list" as compiled by Jacob Weisberg can be found somewhere on Slate. Disclaimers and credits aside, let's get to the delicious part-- what Bush said where and when. My comments are in italics.
"I need to be able to move the right people to the right place at the right time to protect you, and I'm not going to accept a lousy bill out of the United Nations Senate."-South Bend, Ind., Oct. 31, 2002 Who'd of thunk the UN has a Senate? Can Bush really not imagine an organizational arrangement that differs from that of the US government/corporation?
"John Thune has got a common-sense vision for good forest policy. I look forward to working with him in the United Nations Senate to preserve these national heritages."That rascally old UN Senate has Bush by the softballs. Well, the only way to get rid of THAT problem is either to bomb or ban it. We're at war, folks. National security means saving national honor...
"Any time we've got any kind of inkling that somebody is thinking about doing something to an American and something to our homeland, you've just got to know we're moving on it, to protect the United Nations Constitution, and at the same time, we're protecting you."-Aberdeen, S.D., same dayObviously, Bush's next plan is to run for President of the UN. May his god save us all.
"I was proud the other day when both Republicans and Democrats stood with me in the Rose Garden to announce their support for a clear statement of purpose: you disarm, or we will."-Speaking about Saddam Hussein, Manchester, N.H., Oct. 5, 2002 US disarm? You mean stop building new weapons? Wait, let me guess, we plan to do this by exporting more weapons to cruel dictators of oil-wealthy states?
"We need an energy bill that encourages consumption."-Trenton, N.J., Sept. 23, 2002 No conflict of interest here.
"People say, how can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil? You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's house and say I love you."-Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002A shut-in has a house? I'm confused. Should we do this before or after brushing our teeth in the morning?
"There's an old saying in Tennessee-I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee-that says, fool me once, shame on-shame on you. Fool me-you can't get fooled again."-Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002Wow. Can't refute that.
"There's no doubt in my mind that we should allow the world worst leaders to hold America hostage, to threaten our peace, to threaten our friends and allies with the world's worst weapons."-South Bend, Ind., Sept. 5, 2002There's no doubt in my mind that there's no doubt in yours. Unfortunately, doubt is a good thing, as it forces is to reconsider our options and think coolly about what should be done.
"If you don't have any ambitions, the minimum-wage job isn't going to get you to where you want to get, for example. In other words, what is your ambitions? And oh, by the way, if that is your ambition, here's what it's going to take to achieve it."-Speech to students in Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 29, 2002 He might not pass one of his own standardized tests, and then we would have to start reconsidering Yale as a true mecca of learning.
"See, we love-we love freedom. That's what they didn't understand. They hate things; we love things. They act out of hatred; we don't seek revenge, we seek justice out of love."-Oklahoma City, Aug. 29, 2002So we bomb out of love and they bomb out of hate. Prove it. Or better yet, let's stop talking about "feelings" and other such fuzziness in foreign policy and concentrate on finding a way to make sure less people get bombed in the first place.
"There's no cave deep enough for America, or dark enough to hide."-Oklahoma City, Aug. 29, 2002
"I'm a patient man. And when I say I'm a patient man, I mean I'm a patient man."In case you didn't get that, he means he's a patient man. Don't think anyone ever accused him of being a patient woman, so the insistence seems a little strange.
"I'm thrilled to be here in the bread basket of America because it gives me a chance to remind our fellow citizens that we have an advantage here in America-we can feed ourselves."-Stockton, Calif., Aug. 23, 2002
"There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country."Does he mean protecting the Homeland Security Department? Or is he just confused about the relationship between a land and a country?
"The federal government and the state government must not fear programs who change lives, but must welcome those faith-based programs for the embetterment of mankind."-Stockton, Calif., Aug. 23, 2002 I really really think education and school choice should be a bigger priority for the Bush administration. Too bad the Bushies can't tout their leader as an example of how public schools fail.
A friend sent these to me, but the "complete list" as compiled by Jacob Weisberg can be found somewhere on Slate. Disclaimers and credits aside, let's get to the delicious part-- what Bush said where and when. My comments are in italics.
"I need to be able to move the right people to the right place at the right time to protect you, and I'm not going to accept a lousy bill out of the United Nations Senate."-South Bend, Ind., Oct. 31, 2002 Who'd of thunk the UN has a Senate? Can Bush really not imagine an organizational arrangement that differs from that of the US government/corporation?
"John Thune has got a common-sense vision for good forest policy. I look forward to working with him in the United Nations Senate to preserve these national heritages."That rascally old UN Senate has Bush by the softballs. Well, the only way to get rid of THAT problem is either to bomb or ban it. We're at war, folks. National security means saving national honor...
"Any time we've got any kind of inkling that somebody is thinking about doing something to an American and something to our homeland, you've just got to know we're moving on it, to protect the United Nations Constitution, and at the same time, we're protecting you."-Aberdeen, S.D., same dayObviously, Bush's next plan is to run for President of the UN. May his god save us all.
"I was proud the other day when both Republicans and Democrats stood with me in the Rose Garden to announce their support for a clear statement of purpose: you disarm, or we will."-Speaking about Saddam Hussein, Manchester, N.H., Oct. 5, 2002 US disarm? You mean stop building new weapons? Wait, let me guess, we plan to do this by exporting more weapons to cruel dictators of oil-wealthy states?
"We need an energy bill that encourages consumption."-Trenton, N.J., Sept. 23, 2002 No conflict of interest here.
"People say, how can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil? You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's house and say I love you."-Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002A shut-in has a house? I'm confused. Should we do this before or after brushing our teeth in the morning?
"There's an old saying in Tennessee-I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee-that says, fool me once, shame on-shame on you. Fool me-you can't get fooled again."-Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002Wow. Can't refute that.
"There's no doubt in my mind that we should allow the world worst leaders to hold America hostage, to threaten our peace, to threaten our friends and allies with the world's worst weapons."-South Bend, Ind., Sept. 5, 2002There's no doubt in my mind that there's no doubt in yours. Unfortunately, doubt is a good thing, as it forces is to reconsider our options and think coolly about what should be done.
"If you don't have any ambitions, the minimum-wage job isn't going to get you to where you want to get, for example. In other words, what is your ambitions? And oh, by the way, if that is your ambition, here's what it's going to take to achieve it."-Speech to students in Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 29, 2002 He might not pass one of his own standardized tests, and then we would have to start reconsidering Yale as a true mecca of learning.
"See, we love-we love freedom. That's what they didn't understand. They hate things; we love things. They act out of hatred; we don't seek revenge, we seek justice out of love."-Oklahoma City, Aug. 29, 2002So we bomb out of love and they bomb out of hate. Prove it. Or better yet, let's stop talking about "feelings" and other such fuzziness in foreign policy and concentrate on finding a way to make sure less people get bombed in the first place.
"There's no cave deep enough for America, or dark enough to hide."-Oklahoma City, Aug. 29, 2002
"I'm a patient man. And when I say I'm a patient man, I mean I'm a patient man."In case you didn't get that, he means he's a patient man. Don't think anyone ever accused him of being a patient woman, so the insistence seems a little strange.
"I'm thrilled to be here in the bread basket of America because it gives me a chance to remind our fellow citizens that we have an advantage here in America-we can feed ourselves."-Stockton, Calif., Aug. 23, 2002
"There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country."Does he mean protecting the Homeland Security Department? Or is he just confused about the relationship between a land and a country?
"The federal government and the state government must not fear programs who change lives, but must welcome those faith-based programs for the embetterment of mankind."-Stockton, Calif., Aug. 23, 2002 I really really think education and school choice should be a bigger priority for the Bush administration. Too bad the Bushies can't tout their leader as an example of how public schools fail.
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